state-of-the-art information-based health and nutrition education, including semi-annual home counseling visits, monthly health education newsletters for children and for parents/guardians, and a series of quarterly, community-based evening health lectures and "Family Fun Nights"

state-of-the-art information-based health and nutrition education, including semi-annual home counseling visits, monthly health education newsletters for children and for parents/guardians, and a series of quarterly, community-based evening health lectures and "Family Fun Nights"

Have a condition limiting their participation in the interventions (e.g., unable to participate in routine physical education classes at school, requiring oxygen supplementation for exertion, developmental or physical disability preventing participation in interventions, children or parents/guardians who cannot medically participate in mild dietary restrictions and/or increased physical activity for any reason);

Have a condition limiting participation in the assessments (child or primary caregiver not able to read surveys in English or Spanish, child two or more grade levels delayed in school for reading and writing in her native language);

Are unable to read, understand or complete informed consent in English or Spanish;

Plan to move from the San Francisco Bay Area within the next 36 months.

Are deemed to have another characteristic that makes them unsuitable for participation in the study in the judgment of the Principal Investigator.

Contacts and Locations

Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below.
For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01642836